Cynthia Lapp
Fishing
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
We tell and retell the story of Jesus, to our children, to each other, to other people. (Sometimes I find myself telling a story of Jesus to my friends who […]
Listening For The Word
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Six years ago today, Sunday, January 27, 2013, we celebrated moving back into this space after worshipping for 10 months at the Church of the Brethren. During those ten months, […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. & Other Contemporary Prophets
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
This weekend we remember Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr. 51 years after his death, with his own federal holiday, we are well into the process of making Dr King safe, sanitizing his […]
God’s Time
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
It is tempting to pass over this story of Mary and Elizabeth. It’s just the prelude. The main thing, the exciting part is yet to come. Let’s just jump over […]
Hope in the Journey: YHWH is Our Justice
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
The word of God in scripture is very present in our worship today. It is a lot to digest and understand: a beseeching prayer in the Psalm; words of hope […]
Visions of a Royal Reign
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
The Lord be with you. (and also with you.) I am grateful to be back among you after missing two Sundays, one for travel after the Women Doing Theology Conference […]
“I want to see”: Resilience, Survival, and Hope
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Mennonite Heritage Sunday: Lamenting the Doctrine of Discovery It is three and half weeks since my second cataract surgery. I see more clearly than I have for many years: colors and […]
God’s Word: Living and Active
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
God’s word is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. Hebrews 4 Carry the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Ephesians 6 Swords do not […]
Faith In Action
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
It is pledge season, and not just for National Public Radio stations and PBS television stations. Churches all over the country are putting together their budgets and gathering pledges. In […]
The Whole Armor of God
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
The whole armor of God. Such a strange idea and image for Anabaptists who are proud to claim we are people of peace. It all sounds way too militaristic for […]